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    Kr
    krypton.
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    KR
    king's rook.
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    kr.
    abbreviation
    kreutzer.
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    Kr.
    abbreviation
    (in Sweden and the Faeroe Islands) krona; kronor.
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    kr
    abbreviation
    Republic of Korea

Kr

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. krypton.


KR 2 American  
Chess.
  1. king's rook.


kr. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. kreutzer.

  2. krona; kronor.

  3. króna; krónur.

  4. krone; kroner.


Kr. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in Sweden and the Faeroe Islands) krona; kronor.

  2. (in Iceland) króna; krónur.

  3. (in Denmark and Norway) krone; kroner.


Kr 1 British  

symbol

  1. currency

    1. krona

    2. krone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

symbol

  1. krypton

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
kr. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. krona

  2. krone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

KR 3 British  

symbol

  1. king's rook

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kr 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Republic of Korea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The team captured the crucial stage when isolated Kr atoms transition to a 1D gas, causing single-atom contrast to disappear in the TEM.

From Science Daily Jan. 22, 2024

Why do the boiling points of the noble gases increase in the order He < Ne < Ar < Kr < Xe?

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

After a while, the Kyssen 10 Kr women drifted in.

From The New Yorker Oct. 3, 2016

Ryle said the consortium didn't have any members in Iceland but ultimately signed up an independent journalist, Johannes Kr.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2016

But the first letters looked like Kr, and Joseph wondered if this was the same ship that had sunk in the painting downstairs.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

It reported sales that topped $1 billion, with CEO and founder KR Sridhar labeling Bloom a “standard for AI onsite power.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Chief Executive KR Sridhar said that demand for Bloom’s solutions has accelerated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Kroger KR -0.68%decrease; down pointing triangle agreed to acquire food and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion in cash and assumed liabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

“We at Bloom are ushering in the era of digital power for the digital age. Bloom is rapidly becoming the standard and ‘go-to choice’ for on-site power,” CEO KR Sridhar said in the earnings release.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

Castles KR Castles QR is stronger still, as the QR gets into action at once.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.

About 1600 Gulden of 1551, of 72 kr., set at 94 kr.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

In winter the proprietor gives balls in these apartments, charging 20 kr. for each ticket of admission. 

From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Pfeiffer, Ida

Hungary, 5 kr., numeral on envelope, rose, 1875.

From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Johnson, Stanley Currie

In 1787, in the preface to the second edition of the Kr. d. r.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

The dredgings here yielded to Dr. Kjellman some algæ, and to Dr. Stuxberg masses of a species of cumacea, Diastylis Rathkei Kr., of Acanthostephia Malmgreni Goës, and Liparis gelatinosus Pallas, but little else.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

Kl, as in uncle, ankle; kld, trickl'd; kldst, truckl'dst; klst, chuckl'st; klz, wrinkles; kn, black'n; knd, reck'n'd; kndst, reck'n'dst; knst, black'n'st; knz, reck'ns; kr, crank; ks, checks; kt, act.

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.

Reichs thaler = 74  " Gulden groschen = 64  " In 1596 the Imperial Commissioners at Frankfort provisionally recognised as a tariff— Gold gulden =80 kr.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

The Hasselbacken is often used for the giving of banquets of ceremony, but the dinner at 3 kr.

From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)

Krr … kr … What have they made me do?

From The Power of Darkness by Maude, Aylmer

The imperial proclamations of 20th January and 24th September 1571 were of no avail against this process, and by 1585 the mercantile rate had risen, thus— Philipps thaler = 82 kr.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

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